The correct answers are A) According to the Constitution, slaves were considered three-fifths of a person for white male voting privilege. B) Women were considered the property of their husbands according to the Thirteenth Amendment. C) The Fifteenth Amendment, while it allowed all men of any race the right to vote, denied all women the right to vote.
American law has codified discrimination in the following ways: According to the Constitution, slaves were considered three-fifths of a person for white male voting privilege. Women were considered the property of their husbands according to the Thirteenth Amendment. The Fifteenth Amendment, while it allowed all men of any race the right to vote, denied all women the right to vote.
Throughout the history of the United States, American law has had some issues with discriminatory pieces of legislation. For instance, the 3/5 Compromise, resulting from the Constitutional Convention of 1787, in Philadelphia. Slaves were counted as a 3/5 of a citizen, in order to consider a State's representation in Congress. This compromise benefited Southern states. Another example was the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution that allowed men the right to vote in the US but left behind women, in which many women of the time criticized as an act of discrimination against them.